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Mental Hygiene Will Be Discussed in Convention on U.S.C. Campus
SOUTHERN
Editorial RI-4111-Sta. 227 S.U. 223
SUMM
Volume XVI
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
Advertising RI-4111-Sta. 226 S.U. 221
Los Angeles, California, Friday, July 16, 1937
Number f
EDUCATION CONFERENCE WILL CONTINUE TODAY
Guidance Is Topic Of Meet
Three-day Session Will Cover Field of Changes In Modern Education
Fourth of a series of conventions to discuss current education problems will be held here next week when the summer conference on ‘ Modern Trends in Guidance and Mental Hygiene” is staged in the Law auditorium under the auspices of the Summer Session and the | School of Education.
OPENS TUESDAY
Open to all classroom teachers,! Summer Session students, faculty members and school administrators,! the conference wlll open Tuesday I morning at 9:30 o’clock and con- , tinue until Thursday, July 22 when i a banquet session in the Foyer of Town and Gown brings to a close the program of seven round table meetings.
Members of the committee arranging the guidance conference j are Dean Lester B. Rogers, Dr. ^William G. Campbell, Dr. Benjamin R. Haynes. Dr. Albert Sydney Raubenheimer, Dr. R. R. G. Watt, i manager, and Dr D. Welty Lefever,! chairman. Under their direction, a
Library Tour Reservations Are Closed
Reservations lor the Summer Session excursion to the Huntington library and art galleries, to be staged next week, were closed yesterday, it was announced last night by Kenneth K. Stonier.
Blanket application for the U. S. C. tickets to the San Marino library are now in the hands of Huntington estate officials. Stonier said, and the date of the excursion, as decided by Summer Session and library offices will be announced in Tuesday’s issue of the Summer Trojan.
Students who were unable to make reservations for the excursion may still apply individually for tickets to visit the library. Applications must be made by mail to the Huntington library, San Marino.
Film Forum Will Stage Conference
U.S.C. Professors and Students Will Take Part in Event Friday
Unusual motion pictures from the comprehensive 'study' of problems ^lds of entertainment, education, of guidance has ben arranged, with industry, and science will form the [educational leaders from many highlights of the third annual e u-fSchools and universities taking part cational confeience presented b.>
| SOGERS SPEAKS
CINEMA CROUP WILL CONVENE
§
A varied and interesting program is planned for members of the annual convention of the National Cinema Appreciation league which is to take place July 22-27 at Los Angeles, according to Dr. Boris V. Morkovin, head of the department
of cinematography. -
On Thursday, the first day of the ■ ■
Psychology Clinic Is Described
Witty Speaks on North-Western Experiments to U.S.C. Audience
Discussing “New Procedures in the
groups in its attempt to make a complete study of education needs, and the conferences are planned to acquaint educators with achievements during the year.
The organization serves as a clearing house for recent advancements in higher education among 2100 consultants. It was organized by the National Education Association and the American Association of School Administrators. National chairman is Dr. Alexander J. Stoddard, superintendent of schools of Providence> R. L
The commission, said Dr. Sexson, must determine the purpose and place of the school in a democracy, decide what the objectives or education are, what new procedures the Hollywood Motion Picture For- are needed to attain those objec-um Friday and Saturday, July 16 tives, and how the new methods
Commission Meetings Held Here
Education Policies Group Stages Summer Conference Tuesday
Work of the Education Policies commission was explained to Summer Session students Tuesday at the regular assembly hour by Dr.
John A. Sexson, superintendent of schools of Pasadena, when he opened the summer conference of the commission, which staged here one of 26 meetings arranged for leading universities in the United States.
The Education Palicies commission, according to Dr. Sexson, was organized to plan public education
on a nation-wide scale. The com- _____^ ___________________
mission cooperates with many dios, director of ‘'High, Wide, and psycho-Educational Clinic,” Dr Paul
convention, a Cine-Art performance, or a staged scenario, wil be given. On Friday, two round-table discussions will be held. “Theatrical and Non-theatrical Films, Their Evaluation and Use in Schools,” with Mrs. Sarah McLean Mullen as chairman, and later “Social Studies and International Relations.” with Dr. Milton Metfessel presiding.
The main event of the convention, the Cine-Art banquet, is to take place at 7 p. m. Friday. Rue-ben Mamoulian, of Paramount stu-
Parley Draws Record Crowd
Handsome,” and film star Spencer Tracy of M-G-M studios, will address banquet members in the Town and Gown Foyer. A concert
List Topics For Series Of Lectures
Three Speakers Will Appear on Afternoon Program Next Week
Bringing his audience down to date in his discussion of American literature, Dr. Edwin Mims will Having broken all previous attendance records with speak on ’The Disillusionment of registration for the first two days of more than 2000 Summe the Post-War Period’’ Tuesday af- Session students and educators, the Conference on Problem ternoon, in the fifth of his public 0f Elementary education being held here under the join addresses given as a part ^f the af- sponsorship of University College and the School of Educs
tion. is expected to attract a capacity crowd to Bovar auditorium for the closing sessions today.
♦FIVE SESSIONS
Elementary School Conference Here Attended by 2000 Students And Educators
A. Witty, Northwestern university professor of education, appeared before Summer Session students
,. , i Wednesday in the fourth of a ser-......
of Hollywood Bowl soloists will fur- ieg Qf gix EdUcational-Psychology ithe c*osinS lecture of the series. Ar-" musical setting at the 1“ — *“*
ternoon lecture series. Dr. Mims lecture will be held in Bovard auditorium at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Original schedules in the Social Science series of lectures held each Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Administration 206 have been revised, it was announced last night by Dean Lester B. Rogers.
Dr. Theo Suranyi-Unger, originally scheduled to speak July 22 will take the stage Thursday, July 29 in
lectures.
Dr. Witty
nish the banquet.
ROGERS IS HOST
Charles Rogers is to act as host, been made in his clinic at North-together with Director Koster and western university, one of the most Deanna Durbin, of “Three Smart outstanding in the country Girls. Other film celebrities are RESULTS
The Evanston educator said his
rangements are now being made . j through the Italian consulate for told of the expen- a speciai lecture on Italy to be giv-ments and observations that have
Talk Stresses Assimilation
Dr. Mims Lectures On "The Triumph of The National Spirit"
en next Wednesday.
“Just suppose we can absorb all these foreign elements; suppose we can get the best out of the German, Because the regular Wednesday Italian, Spanish, Negro. If we can lecture hour will be devoted to absorb and assimilate them into a meetings of the Conference on new unity, what a country we shall Guidance and Mental Hygiene, the have! ifi the pr0Spect; that
usual Educational Psychology lec- ^ the hope » ^ Dr Edwin Mims ture will not be given next week. in closing his lecture Tuesday aft-The final address of the series ernoon in Bovard auditorium.
Following an address of welcome and 17. by Dean Lester B. Rogers, the f’rst -p^e convention, which ression of the conference will be devoted to an address oy Dr. Donald G. Paterson, professor of psychology at the University of Min-
is to be
held at the Bell and Howell studio at 716 North La Brea avenue, will be open at 8:30 Friday morning. U. S. C. professors and graduate stu-
nesota Dr. Paterson will speak on ^ents will play a prominent part
“The Genesis of Modem Guidance. ^ programs of the two-day af-
Addresses by experts in guidance, fair
•nd round tables and panel sessions Among (he spfakers ^ Dr
on many phases of child guidance MilU) Metfessel. professor of psy-and hygiene will occupy the remaining sessions on July 20, 21 and 22. Among the educators chosen to direct meetings are:
may be put into practice.
“The task is a staggering one," the speaker declared, “and for the most part progress is still in the future.”
Students To Give Recital
scheduled to attend the banquet. including Leopold Stokowski,, , . . world-famous musical conductor jclinic has had under observation and composer. more than 2000 stu<*ents, ranging Directly following the banquet, at in «rades from kindergarten to col- will be presented Wednesday. July UNiFiCAtION 8:30 p. m the same evening a per- le*e' ^ clmic attemPte to ascer- 28. when Dr. Donald G. Paterson formance will be given for conven- tain the differences in behavior speaks on “Outcomes and Implication mornhprc of ••Fountain nf between children and prescribe tions of Occupational Research.”
Youth” a play written as a film I remedies for improvement. j The lecture will be given in Ad-
scenario bylvl V Adkins one of I “We have not experimented fully ministration 206. the participants in the pre-conven-; enough thus far - Dr. Witty «u ' tion scenario writing contest. This be able to declare definitely tnat play will be given in Touchstone any child will act in a given way theater, Old College. There will because of a given structural or be a performance preceding this, emotional development.
“The behavior of children cannot
EXPERTS LEAD
Willis W. Clark, director of re-
chology. J. Farrell McDonald, lecturer in cinematography, and Mrs,
Sarah McLean Mullen. Dr. William J. Klopp, visiting professor of education, is chairman of the Saturday afternoon session, and Mary search” of'" the"* Los Angeles city Clint-Irion a Trojan graduate stu-
cchools: Dr. Elizabeth Woods. di-jdcnt' wll> be one of the speakers. 1________M
rector of the department of psychol- One of the features of the Friday Qf A(jeiaide Trowbridge Perry, ogv and research of the Los An- afternoon meeting wlll be the show-geles schools; Dr. D. Welty Lefever. j ing of J. Farrell McDonald’s film, Miss Sellmger will open the re -associate professor of education at “U. S. C. Campus Features.” cital sl"gl2f.. “° „ v1011
the University of Southern Cali- Closing event of the conference ^at ,Te ^.t Good Tidm^.^frojn
however, for the general public.
The price for the first performance be classed A, B, C fashion, he will be 25 cents, but the second sa*d. because each child is entirely show will be included on the con- i different from every other, vention ticket of one dollar. TESTS DESCRIBED
Dr. Witty explained that a large
Speaking on “The Triumph of the National Spirit,” Dr. Mims enumerated first the elements which tend toward sectionalism in America, and then the elements which tend to unify the nation.
Walt Whitman he regarded as the poet who best expressed the national ideal. ‘‘He lived and experienced all of America,” said Dr. Mims. REGIONAL Although he believes that a healthy regional spirit is a valuable Because of the tremendous sue- contribution to national spirit, Dr. cess of the second Summer Session Mims 5tressed the danger of sec-dance held last week, another in- tionalism as distinct from regional
Cochard Plans Informal Dig
ROUND-TABLES .....v __________
On Saturday of the convention, number of tests are administered ^r™al affair WlU be. ^taged next spirit or provincialism. Among
Sellinger. mezzo-soprano, several round-table discussions will during the year to determine the Wednesday^ evening, July^ 21, from forces ^ the life of the nation
and behavior patterns of the children.
Caryl
and Mary Louise Bulkeley, pianist, j take wil give a recital Tuesday, July 27 at 4 p. m., in the School of Music recital hall. Miss Sellinger is a pupil of Lillian Backstrand Wilson, and Miss Bulkeley is a piano pupil
place: “Administration Teaching problems of Cinema Ap- The reliability of none of the tests Continued on Page Two has been definitely determined, he said, but improvement is being made.
The Northwestern clinic is mainly interested in the practical side
Creeks Arrange Beach Party
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the girls gym- j which have made for sectionalism, nasium of the Physical Education he enumerated our beginnings in building, according to Chuck Co- England) the size of our country, chard, general chairman of the AS the economic differences, the theory USC committee. ^ secess|0n ingrained in our gov-
_________ _________ ____ Bud Park’s and his 10-piece dance ernment, and the theory of states
of the problem. Children from the orcbestra will play for the event. , rights which is not dead yet. “In public schools of Evanston and Chi- Parl^ j® noted throughout soutn- a way the civi] war was a struggle
em California for his modem saun- between an agrarian civilization and
cago are observed, and following re- I ports submitted by their teachers, Stray Greeks. Summer Session or- parents, and by the children them-
styled music, according to Cochard. | an civilization.” said Dr.
u.e ---- --------, ------------••T’hp M>«inh ” "Fnllowinz .ju.wh.w uu».uu ui parents, aim oy me unuuieii mem-1 Informality will characterize the Mims in emphasizing the import
fornia; Dr. R. R. G. Watt, assist- will be an informal dinner at the will Dlav ganization of visiting fraternity and selves, an attempt is made to an- dance, which w11 be conduced in anCe of the Civil war and the Tragic
I^ant professor of psychology at the Victor Hugo in Beverly Hills, and fir^t m-nun Rnrhmaninofis ! soror*ty members, will hold a beach alyze the child. ; !ie same way a*. regular £fes_ era as decentralizing forces.
„ j party tomorrow, at Castle Rock, four
miles north of Santa Monica, it was announced yesterday by Roy Reubel, chairman of the social com-
first group, Rachmaninoffs
University of Southern California; the speakers will be McDonald and ber
Dr. Maude Wilson Dunn, co-ordin- Mrs. Mullen. Selected films will “Melodie in E and ^ Rubenstein S
ator in the department of curricu- also be shown. “Staccato Etude in C.
jum and research of the Long Beach While admission to the confer- For her second group. Miss Sel-
city schools: Dr. Alice McAr.ulty ence is free.it will be necessary to linger will sing “Night, and the j mittee.
Hem. assistant supervisor in the register at the opening of the af- Curtains Drawn.
STATES GOAL
by Perrata, j pians for the beach party were
[educational research and guidance fair Friday morning. All Summer “Transformation, by Wintter WatU, completed at the regular meeting of [section of the Los Angelef= city Session students and their friends and “Oh, Love, But a Day,” by ^ ^---------—
[schools, and Dr. Alfred S. Lewerenz, | supervisor of the department of psychology and research of the Los Angeles schools.
Dr. Clyde Milton Hill, chairman of the department of education at t Yale, will be toastmaster at the ban-Iquet Thursday evenin", and speak-
are cordially invited to attend.
Dr. Brightman Will Lecture
The goal of the clinic is to help children better to understand themselves and to get along with other people in this world.
Addresses Needed
th Stray Greeks organization. Tues-Beach. | day noon, at Cottage tea room. A
Ravel's "Minuet from Sonatina in program of swimming and beach F Sharp” and Korngold’s -The games was planned to be followed For $ummer Grades Brownies” comprise the second by a wemer bake at 6 p.m.
piano group. The piano solos will At the Tuesday meeting, follow- All students who wisu to secure
sion university “digs.”
The committee, which is headed by Cochard, will consist of Carroll Reilley, Anne Richie, and Jean Bet-tinger.
Five topics were discussed Wednesday and Thursday in the elementary education convention, with outstanding speakers and authorities in various fields of curriculum development, teacher training nnd school methods directing the meetings.
Today’s sessions of the conference will open at 9:30 a.m., when the topic “Encouraging Creative Expression” will be considered. Chairman for the morning session w be Katherine Carey, assistant superintendent of schools of Los A.' geles. Dr. Fay G. Adams, gener chairman of the conference, w lead the discussion at the meecii
DEMONSTRATIONS
During the morning session, d monstrations of technique for tea. ing creative rhythms will be maunder the direction ot Eiiaab* Smith, demonstration teacher at t' university elementary school. Tec nique for encouraging drama i play will be demonstrated by Amb-f Wilson, and Olga Roberts wiil de monstrate technique for creating a; original song. In each of the demonstrations. pupils from the uri-versity elementary school at 32.ic street and University avenue wii.’ take part.
“How Shall We Group Our Children for Better Social Living" ic th theme of a meeting to be held at 2 p.m., with Vierling Kersey, superintendent of schools of Los Ar -geles as chairman. Leader of the panel session will be George Men-deth, deputy superintendent of schools of Pasadena.
PANEL SESSIONS
Six panel sessions will follow the group discussion in the conference this afternoon.
Dean Lester B. Rogers of the Summer Session and School of Ed-
ers Will be Drs. Harold Benjamin **>«*?; M1» W“ ' club
RACE PROBLEMS
The racial problem resulting from, ucation will close the conference immigration and the problem of la- | this afternoon, following the ad-bor and capital are also major fac- journment of the panel sessions. “Everyone is invited to attend ] t°rs tending to prevent the triumph Sessions of the conference are this final dance of the first session,” j °f the national spirit. | 0pen without charge to all student.
Cochard said last night. “The pur- ! Our common inheritance of lan- j faculty members, teachers and edu-pose of this dance is to create a guage, customs, and literature Dr. cational administrators. Dr. Adams more friendly feeling among the Mims placed at the head of his list Said yesterday. The complete pto-students attending the Summer Ses- °* factors which make for national j gram will be found on page three.
sion.” i spirit. Theodore Roosevelt, whom___
“A cordial welcome is extended, be called the most representative J be followed by the concluding sc-j ing the business meeting at which thtir final grade reports for the | ^ sa^ Carroll; man ever in the presidency, was a
prano selection, “Adieu, forets,”, the beach party date was set, four first term of the Summer Session from “Jeanne d'Arc,” by Tschai- j new members were initiated into
They were: Robert M. Sel- at the office of the Registrar
Reilley, member of the committee ! great unifying force, combining the MEN S PICNIC the I -houltTfll^ self-addre^d^envelopes and visiting student from Louisiana culture of the Last, the cordiality. nn n
Sel- | at the office of the Registrar in ad- State university, speaking for cut- of the South, and the ruggedness of TO BE HcLD
and Harl R. Douglass of the Uni ▼ersity of Minnesota.
U.S.C. ALUMNA
[wins sorority
HONOR POST
professor of philosophv. will address ___„ .Q „
o. o • a j ^ a *v. taisie in F minor. Opus 49.
Summer Session students at the
regular Tuesday morning assembly
I July 20 at 10:30 a. m.
Dr. Brightman is chairman of the board of the Graduate school and of the department of philosophy at Boston university.
the recital, playing Chcpin’s “Fain- zer, Beta Theta Pi from Iowa; vance of the close of the session, it
Helen Lultgen. Alpha Phi from the was announced yesterday by Theron
University of Nebraska; Mary Eliz- Clark, registrar. Grades will oe
abeth Williams. Alpha Phi from the mailed as soon as they can De com-
The Tuesday morning le^u -e will lo’'ow a nvr’eal program, featuring the pitying of Archibald S«s-sions, university organise.
Provincial^m and its conquest by education will bt discussed by *he Betty Budd, a former Trojan stu- g^ton pni’.cscpner, with especial dent, was elected editor of Alpha reference to provincialism in Amer-Chi Omega's national magazine. jca [“Lyre,” at the annual convention [held recently in Glacier Nationa!
I park.
I The S. C. delegates were awarded |a prize for their table decorations it the formal banquet, Miss Budd lid. Five hundred fresh carnations, the sorority flower, were ^shipped to the convention by plane.
Symbolic of the Trojan cardinal and (gold, the flowers were banked iround a “war horse” of Troy being led by miniature figures of co-eds the organization's founding in 11895 to the present time. Yellow candelabra were used as a back-I ground.
Mias Budd was accompanied by Josephine Swiggett, president of the S. C. chapter, Ellen Holt, Nan-ftgwel], Martha Tuttle, and Mi* Queen was * flt* fctiUatod et *»
Masters Thesis Reports Due
Final dates for Master's theses reports by candidates for advanced degrees in July and September were announced Saturday by Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt, dean of the Graduate School.
of-state students. I the West. Woodrow Wilson, his | nnn/M/rin
The price of admission will be 25 great speeches, his reform admin- BROOKolDi, cents per person. “As at all U.S.C. | istration, and the World war are
dances, anyone may cut in on any- the most important recent forces with more than 300 reservai.t.
Uni vers i t y' of '°C o lora do^ and 'gciiT- oUed" R-g^rar'"ciark "stated,Tut one e!se while dancing, and no one tending towardnationaUsm listed yesterday noon, the larg'
needs an escort to attend,” Cochard The Constitution, the Declaration crowd in history is expected to a. stated. ; of Independence, ihe character of tend the annual Summer Session
This will be the final dance of i Washington and Lincoln, the tra- j men’s picnic and barbecue at Brook-the first session of the Summer sea- dition of Webster. Clay, and An- j side park this afternoon, accordim son. t j drew Jackson, the men of the New j to Dr. Paul Fisher, program chair-
_ North and New South, and the na- j man. The picnic is open to all men
I j tional songs were other unifying j 0n the campus, whether student or
vieve Olson. Alpha Chi Omega from tnev will not be posted unless en-Colorado. Ivelopes are placed on file.
Calendar
auditorium. Conference on
Annual Men's picnic
Christian Science or-
Japanese Artists To Give Recital
Authentic Japanese music will be played by native musicians at a tea*to be given by Mu Phi Epsilon, music sorority, Wednesday, July 21, in the recital hall of the School of Music. Kozan Doi, Masuko Tomi-oka and Mrs. Nakajima will interpret classic and modem music for two Japanese instruments, the she-kuhachi and the koto.
Proceed* of the Japaneee oonoert and tea wfll be added to the Mn FW Spsfion scholarship tend.
Friday. July 16. 9:30 a. m.—Bovard Problems cf Elementary Education.
Friday, July 16, 2:30 p. m.—Brrokside park Preliminary drarts of theses sub- j and barbecue, mitred by July candidates must be Monday, July 19. 2:15 p. m.—YWCA Lodge, presented to the committees before ganization meeting.
Saturday, Dean Hunt announced. Tuesday, July 20. 10:30 a. m—Bovard auditorium. General assemb-The compete schedule for Masters' Address by Dr. Edgai Sheffield Brightman, Provincialism.
Tuesday, July 20 to Thursday, July 22—Conference on Modem Trend In Guidance and Mental Hygiene.
Tuesday, July 20, 12 noon—Cottage tea room
Von KleinSmids Leave on Tour
factors which he enumerated.
I faculty.
Language Tests To Be Given Here
degree candidates this summer is as follows:
July 21: July candidates present theses to the dean, fully approved and ready for binding.
July 26: September candidates present preliminary drafts of theses to committees.
Stray Greeks luncheon.
Tuesday, July 20, 3:30 p. m.—Bovard auditorium. Lecture by Dr Edwin Mims: “The Disillusionment of the Post-War Period.”
Wednesday, July 21, 12 noon—Foyer of Town and Gown. Luncheon of School Administrators club. Lecture by Dr. Harl R. Douglass.
Wednesday, July 1, 4 p. m.—Architecture patio. Art lecture by Dr. D. T. Tselos.
j j . Wednesdav, July 21, 7 p. m.—Physical Education building. Summer
August 11: September candidates Session dance
pic^ p.*. .vrr: ry -hoses approv- ; Thursday, July 22, 12 noon—Foyer of Town and Gown. Phi Delta als (signed by each member of the Kappa luncheon. . .
committee) to the dean. Thursday, July 2—Cine-Art performance for the annual convention
August 21: September candidates ot the Cinema Appreciation league.
Thursday, July 22, 3:30 p. m.—206 Administration. Lecture—Social Science Series. Speaker to be announced.
Priday, July 23—Round table conference, Coorention of the Cinema Appreciation league.
July Si, 9 Pk m-—Hollywood Rfartara Beech otub. Annual
Alpha Theta.
President R. B. von KleinSmid and Mrs. von KleinSmid wil: sail next Wednesday, July 21. for Australia and ports of the South seas.! Language tests in French and on a cruise which will take them German for Summer Session Ph.D. away from the campus for more candidates will be given here start than six weeks. ing Monday. July 26, it was an
present theses in final form to committees.
September 1: September candidates present theses to the dean, tnTtf
Starting at 2:3& p.m., the picnic and barbecue will be climaxed by a s.eak bake at 6 p.m.. Dr. Fisher said. Officials of the Administration club, which sponsors the annual outing, have arranged a schedule which includes group and individual sports, music by a men’s quartet, community singing, and after-dinner speech-
Wnile on their cruise to the An- nounced last night by Graduate j es which w ill be distinguished by tipodes aboard the S.S. Mon erery. S:*hool officials. French tests will their brevity, according to chairman Dr. and Mrs. von K1 Smid "'/ill be given July 26 and 28, from 2 to' Fisber.
be guests of the Universities of Ha- 5 p. m., in the French department Baseball and volleyball will open waii. New Zealand. Melbourne, and office. German written examirja- the sports schedule. While the team Sydney. During their visit to Pago tions will be given only Monday, sports are in progress, those who Pago, Samoa, they will be guests July 26, at 3:15 p. m., in the de- wish may play tennis or golf, or of the naval authorities there, and partment office, and oral tests will swim in the Brookside park pool, later will make a tour of the Fiji be given both Tuesday and Wednes- During the dinner, music will be islands, with a brief stay at Suva, day, July 27 and 23, from 2 to 5 provided by a quartet which incapital of the group. p. m. All German tests will occupy eludes Rey Ratfield, Bill Worthing-Although the exact date of his two days, according to the an- ton. Art Reimer and Beecher Faw-
retum has not been announcd, nouncement. Applications must be
President von KleinSmid will return to Los Angeles in time to open the fall semester here in September.
filed one week in advance of date of the examinations, in Administration.
cett. Speakers who will attempt to gain attention during the dinner will not be named until tonight. Dr, Fisher stated.

Mental Hygiene Will Be Discussed in Convention on U.S.C. Campus
SOUTHERN
Editorial RI-4111-Sta. 227 S.U. 223
SUMM
Volume XVI
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
Advertising RI-4111-Sta. 226 S.U. 221
Los Angeles, California, Friday, July 16, 1937
Number f
EDUCATION CONFERENCE WILL CONTINUE TODAY
Guidance Is Topic Of Meet
Three-day Session Will Cover Field of Changes In Modern Education
Fourth of a series of conventions to discuss current education problems will be held here next week when the summer conference on ‘ Modern Trends in Guidance and Mental Hygiene” is staged in the Law auditorium under the auspices of the Summer Session and the | School of Education.
OPENS TUESDAY
Open to all classroom teachers,! Summer Session students, faculty members and school administrators,! the conference wlll open Tuesday I morning at 9:30 o’clock and con- , tinue until Thursday, July 22 when i a banquet session in the Foyer of Town and Gown brings to a close the program of seven round table meetings.
Members of the committee arranging the guidance conference j are Dean Lester B. Rogers, Dr. ^William G. Campbell, Dr. Benjamin R. Haynes. Dr. Albert Sydney Raubenheimer, Dr. R. R. G. Watt, i manager, and Dr D. Welty Lefever,! chairman. Under their direction, a
Library Tour Reservations Are Closed
Reservations lor the Summer Session excursion to the Huntington library and art galleries, to be staged next week, were closed yesterday, it was announced last night by Kenneth K. Stonier.
Blanket application for the U. S. C. tickets to the San Marino library are now in the hands of Huntington estate officials. Stonier said, and the date of the excursion, as decided by Summer Session and library offices will be announced in Tuesday’s issue of the Summer Trojan.
Students who were unable to make reservations for the excursion may still apply individually for tickets to visit the library. Applications must be made by mail to the Huntington library, San Marino.
Film Forum Will Stage Conference
U.S.C. Professors and Students Will Take Part in Event Friday
Unusual motion pictures from the comprehensive 'study' of problems ^lds of entertainment, education, of guidance has ben arranged, with industry, and science will form the [educational leaders from many highlights of the third annual e u-fSchools and universities taking part cational confeience presented b.>
| SOGERS SPEAKS
CINEMA CROUP WILL CONVENE
§
A varied and interesting program is planned for members of the annual convention of the National Cinema Appreciation league which is to take place July 22-27 at Los Angeles, according to Dr. Boris V. Morkovin, head of the department
of cinematography. -
On Thursday, the first day of the ■ ■
Psychology Clinic Is Described
Witty Speaks on North-Western Experiments to U.S.C. Audience
Discussing “New Procedures in the
groups in its attempt to make a complete study of education needs, and the conferences are planned to acquaint educators with achievements during the year.
The organization serves as a clearing house for recent advancements in higher education among 2100 consultants. It was organized by the National Education Association and the American Association of School Administrators. National chairman is Dr. Alexander J. Stoddard, superintendent of schools of Providence> R. L
The commission, said Dr. Sexson, must determine the purpose and place of the school in a democracy, decide what the objectives or education are, what new procedures the Hollywood Motion Picture For- are needed to attain those objec-um Friday and Saturday, July 16 tives, and how the new methods
Commission Meetings Held Here
Education Policies Group Stages Summer Conference Tuesday
Work of the Education Policies commission was explained to Summer Session students Tuesday at the regular assembly hour by Dr.
John A. Sexson, superintendent of schools of Pasadena, when he opened the summer conference of the commission, which staged here one of 26 meetings arranged for leading universities in the United States.
The Education Palicies commission, according to Dr. Sexson, was organized to plan public education
on a nation-wide scale. The com- _____^ ___________________
mission cooperates with many dios, director of ‘'High, Wide, and psycho-Educational Clinic,” Dr Paul
convention, a Cine-Art performance, or a staged scenario, wil be given. On Friday, two round-table discussions will be held. “Theatrical and Non-theatrical Films, Their Evaluation and Use in Schools,” with Mrs. Sarah McLean Mullen as chairman, and later “Social Studies and International Relations.” with Dr. Milton Metfessel presiding.
The main event of the convention, the Cine-Art banquet, is to take place at 7 p. m. Friday. Rue-ben Mamoulian, of Paramount stu-
Parley Draws Record Crowd
Handsome,” and film star Spencer Tracy of M-G-M studios, will address banquet members in the Town and Gown Foyer. A concert
List Topics For Series Of Lectures
Three Speakers Will Appear on Afternoon Program Next Week
Bringing his audience down to date in his discussion of American literature, Dr. Edwin Mims will Having broken all previous attendance records with speak on ’The Disillusionment of registration for the first two days of more than 2000 Summe the Post-War Period’’ Tuesday af- Session students and educators, the Conference on Problem ternoon, in the fifth of his public 0f Elementary education being held here under the join addresses given as a part ^f the af- sponsorship of University College and the School of Educs
tion. is expected to attract a capacity crowd to Bovar auditorium for the closing sessions today.
♦FIVE SESSIONS
Elementary School Conference Here Attended by 2000 Students And Educators
A. Witty, Northwestern university professor of education, appeared before Summer Session students
,. , i Wednesday in the fourth of a ser-......
of Hollywood Bowl soloists will fur- ieg Qf gix EdUcational-Psychology ithe c*osinS lecture of the series. Ar-" musical setting at the 1“ — *“*
ternoon lecture series. Dr. Mims lecture will be held in Bovard auditorium at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Original schedules in the Social Science series of lectures held each Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Administration 206 have been revised, it was announced last night by Dean Lester B. Rogers.
Dr. Theo Suranyi-Unger, originally scheduled to speak July 22 will take the stage Thursday, July 29 in
lectures.
Dr. Witty
nish the banquet.
ROGERS IS HOST
Charles Rogers is to act as host, been made in his clinic at North-together with Director Koster and western university, one of the most Deanna Durbin, of “Three Smart outstanding in the country Girls. Other film celebrities are RESULTS
The Evanston educator said his
rangements are now being made . j through the Italian consulate for told of the expen- a speciai lecture on Italy to be giv-ments and observations that have
Talk Stresses Assimilation
Dr. Mims Lectures On "The Triumph of The National Spirit"
en next Wednesday.
“Just suppose we can absorb all these foreign elements; suppose we can get the best out of the German, Because the regular Wednesday Italian, Spanish, Negro. If we can lecture hour will be devoted to absorb and assimilate them into a meetings of the Conference on new unity, what a country we shall Guidance and Mental Hygiene, the have! ifi the pr0Spect; that
usual Educational Psychology lec- ^ the hope » ^ Dr Edwin Mims ture will not be given next week. in closing his lecture Tuesday aft-The final address of the series ernoon in Bovard auditorium.
Following an address of welcome and 17. by Dean Lester B. Rogers, the f’rst -p^e convention, which ression of the conference will be devoted to an address oy Dr. Donald G. Paterson, professor of psychology at the University of Min-
is to be
held at the Bell and Howell studio at 716 North La Brea avenue, will be open at 8:30 Friday morning. U. S. C. professors and graduate stu-
nesota Dr. Paterson will speak on ^ents will play a prominent part
“The Genesis of Modem Guidance. ^ programs of the two-day af-
Addresses by experts in guidance, fair
•nd round tables and panel sessions Among (he spfakers ^ Dr
on many phases of child guidance MilU) Metfessel. professor of psy-and hygiene will occupy the remaining sessions on July 20, 21 and 22. Among the educators chosen to direct meetings are:
may be put into practice.
“The task is a staggering one," the speaker declared, “and for the most part progress is still in the future.”
Students To Give Recital
scheduled to attend the banquet. including Leopold Stokowski,, , . . world-famous musical conductor jclinic has had under observation and composer. more than 2000 stu be one of the speakers. 1________M
rector of the department of psychol- One of the features of the Friday Qf A(jeiaide Trowbridge Perry, ogv and research of the Los An- afternoon meeting wlll be the show-geles schools; Dr. D. Welty Lefever. j ing of J. Farrell McDonald’s film, Miss Sellmger will open the re -associate professor of education at “U. S. C. Campus Features.” cital sl"gl2f.. “° „ v1011
the University of Southern Cali- Closing event of the conference ^at ,Te ^.t Good Tidm^.^frojn
however, for the general public.
The price for the first performance be classed A, B, C fashion, he will be 25 cents, but the second sa*d. because each child is entirely show will be included on the con- i different from every other, vention ticket of one dollar. TESTS DESCRIBED
Dr. Witty explained that a large
Speaking on “The Triumph of the National Spirit,” Dr. Mims enumerated first the elements which tend toward sectionalism in America, and then the elements which tend to unify the nation.
Walt Whitman he regarded as the poet who best expressed the national ideal. ‘‘He lived and experienced all of America,” said Dr. Mims. REGIONAL Although he believes that a healthy regional spirit is a valuable Because of the tremendous sue- contribution to national spirit, Dr. cess of the second Summer Session Mims 5tressed the danger of sec-dance held last week, another in- tionalism as distinct from regional
Cochard Plans Informal Dig
ROUND-TABLES .....v __________
On Saturday of the convention, number of tests are administered ^r™al affair WlU be. ^taged next spirit or provincialism. Among
Sellinger. mezzo-soprano, several round-table discussions will during the year to determine the Wednesday^ evening, July^ 21, from forces ^ the life of the nation
and behavior patterns of the children.
Caryl
and Mary Louise Bulkeley, pianist, j take wil give a recital Tuesday, July 27 at 4 p. m., in the School of Music recital hall. Miss Sellinger is a pupil of Lillian Backstrand Wilson, and Miss Bulkeley is a piano pupil
place: “Administration Teaching problems of Cinema Ap- The reliability of none of the tests Continued on Page Two has been definitely determined, he said, but improvement is being made.
The Northwestern clinic is mainly interested in the practical side
Creeks Arrange Beach Party
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the girls gym- j which have made for sectionalism, nasium of the Physical Education he enumerated our beginnings in building, according to Chuck Co- England) the size of our country, chard, general chairman of the AS the economic differences, the theory USC committee. ^ secess|0n ingrained in our gov-
_________ _________ ____ Bud Park’s and his 10-piece dance ernment, and the theory of states
of the problem. Children from the orcbestra will play for the event. , rights which is not dead yet. “In public schools of Evanston and Chi- Parl^ j® noted throughout soutn- a way the civi] war was a struggle
em California for his modem saun- between an agrarian civilization and
cago are observed, and following re- I ports submitted by their teachers, Stray Greeks. Summer Session or- parents, and by the children them-
styled music, according to Cochard. | an civilization.” said Dr.
u.e ---- --------, ------------••T’hp M>«inh ” "Fnllowinz .ju.wh.w uu».uu ui parents, aim oy me unuuieii mem-1 Informality will characterize the Mims in emphasizing the import
fornia; Dr. R. R. G. Watt, assist- will be an informal dinner at the will Dlav ganization of visiting fraternity and selves, an attempt is made to an- dance, which w11 be conduced in anCe of the Civil war and the Tragic
I^ant professor of psychology at the Victor Hugo in Beverly Hills, and fir^t m-nun Rnrhmaninofis ! soror*ty members, will hold a beach alyze the child. ; !ie same way a*. regular £fes_ era as decentralizing forces.
„ j party tomorrow, at Castle Rock, four
miles north of Santa Monica, it was announced yesterday by Roy Reubel, chairman of the social com-
first group, Rachmaninoffs
University of Southern California; the speakers will be McDonald and ber
Dr. Maude Wilson Dunn, co-ordin- Mrs. Mullen. Selected films will “Melodie in E and ^ Rubenstein S
ator in the department of curricu- also be shown. “Staccato Etude in C.
jum and research of the Long Beach While admission to the confer- For her second group. Miss Sel-
city schools: Dr. Alice McAr.ulty ence is free.it will be necessary to linger will sing “Night, and the j mittee.
Hem. assistant supervisor in the register at the opening of the af- Curtains Drawn.
STATES GOAL
by Perrata, j pians for the beach party were
[educational research and guidance fair Friday morning. All Summer “Transformation, by Wintter WatU, completed at the regular meeting of [section of the Los Angelef= city Session students and their friends and “Oh, Love, But a Day,” by ^ ^---------—
[schools, and Dr. Alfred S. Lewerenz, | supervisor of the department of psychology and research of the Los Angeles schools.
Dr. Clyde Milton Hill, chairman of the department of education at t Yale, will be toastmaster at the ban-Iquet Thursday evenin", and speak-
are cordially invited to attend.
Dr. Brightman Will Lecture
The goal of the clinic is to help children better to understand themselves and to get along with other people in this world.
Addresses Needed
th Stray Greeks organization. Tues-Beach. | day noon, at Cottage tea room. A
Ravel's "Minuet from Sonatina in program of swimming and beach F Sharp” and Korngold’s -The games was planned to be followed For $ummer Grades Brownies” comprise the second by a wemer bake at 6 p.m.
piano group. The piano solos will At the Tuesday meeting, follow- All students who wisu to secure
sion university “digs.”
The committee, which is headed by Cochard, will consist of Carroll Reilley, Anne Richie, and Jean Bet-tinger.
Five topics were discussed Wednesday and Thursday in the elementary education convention, with outstanding speakers and authorities in various fields of curriculum development, teacher training nnd school methods directing the meetings.
Today’s sessions of the conference will open at 9:30 a.m., when the topic “Encouraging Creative Expression” will be considered. Chairman for the morning session w be Katherine Carey, assistant superintendent of schools of Los A.' geles. Dr. Fay G. Adams, gener chairman of the conference, w lead the discussion at the meecii
DEMONSTRATIONS
During the morning session, d monstrations of technique for tea. ing creative rhythms will be maunder the direction ot Eiiaab* Smith, demonstration teacher at t' university elementary school. Tec nique for encouraging drama i play will be demonstrated by Amb-f Wilson, and Olga Roberts wiil de monstrate technique for creating a; original song. In each of the demonstrations. pupils from the uri-versity elementary school at 32.ic street and University avenue wii.’ take part.
“How Shall We Group Our Children for Better Social Living" ic th theme of a meeting to be held at 2 p.m., with Vierling Kersey, superintendent of schools of Los Ar -geles as chairman. Leader of the panel session will be George Men-deth, deputy superintendent of schools of Pasadena.
PANEL SESSIONS
Six panel sessions will follow the group discussion in the conference this afternoon.
Dean Lester B. Rogers of the Summer Session and School of Ed-
ers Will be Drs. Harold Benjamin **>«*?; M1» W“ ' club
RACE PROBLEMS
The racial problem resulting from, ucation will close the conference immigration and the problem of la- | this afternoon, following the ad-bor and capital are also major fac- journment of the panel sessions. “Everyone is invited to attend ] t°rs tending to prevent the triumph Sessions of the conference are this final dance of the first session,” j °f the national spirit. | 0pen without charge to all student.
Cochard said last night. “The pur- ! Our common inheritance of lan- j faculty members, teachers and edu-pose of this dance is to create a guage, customs, and literature Dr. cational administrators. Dr. Adams more friendly feeling among the Mims placed at the head of his list Said yesterday. The complete pto-students attending the Summer Ses- °* factors which make for national j gram will be found on page three.
sion.” i spirit. Theodore Roosevelt, whom___
“A cordial welcome is extended, be called the most representative J be followed by the concluding sc-j ing the business meeting at which thtir final grade reports for the | ^ sa^ Carroll; man ever in the presidency, was a
prano selection, “Adieu, forets,”, the beach party date was set, four first term of the Summer Session from “Jeanne d'Arc,” by Tschai- j new members were initiated into
They were: Robert M. Sel- at the office of the Registrar
Reilley, member of the committee ! great unifying force, combining the MEN S PICNIC the I -houltTfll^ self-addre^d^envelopes and visiting student from Louisiana culture of the Last, the cordiality. nn n
Sel- | at the office of the Registrar in ad- State university, speaking for cut- of the South, and the ruggedness of TO BE HcLD
and Harl R. Douglass of the Uni ▼ersity of Minnesota.
U.S.C. ALUMNA
[wins sorority
HONOR POST
professor of philosophv. will address ___„ .Q „
o. o • a j ^ a *v. taisie in F minor. Opus 49.
Summer Session students at the
regular Tuesday morning assembly
I July 20 at 10:30 a. m.
Dr. Brightman is chairman of the board of the Graduate school and of the department of philosophy at Boston university.
the recital, playing Chcpin’s “Fain- zer, Beta Theta Pi from Iowa; vance of the close of the session, it
Helen Lultgen. Alpha Phi from the was announced yesterday by Theron
University of Nebraska; Mary Eliz- Clark, registrar. Grades will oe
abeth Williams. Alpha Phi from the mailed as soon as they can De com-
The Tuesday morning le^u -e will lo’'ow a nvr’eal program, featuring the pitying of Archibald S«s-sions, university organise.
Provincial^m and its conquest by education will bt discussed by *he Betty Budd, a former Trojan stu- g^ton pni’.cscpner, with especial dent, was elected editor of Alpha reference to provincialism in Amer-Chi Omega's national magazine. jca [“Lyre,” at the annual convention [held recently in Glacier Nationa!
I park.
I The S. C. delegates were awarded |a prize for their table decorations it the formal banquet, Miss Budd lid. Five hundred fresh carnations, the sorority flower, were ^shipped to the convention by plane.
Symbolic of the Trojan cardinal and (gold, the flowers were banked iround a “war horse” of Troy being led by miniature figures of co-eds the organization's founding in 11895 to the present time. Yellow candelabra were used as a back-I ground.
Mias Budd was accompanied by Josephine Swiggett, president of the S. C. chapter, Ellen Holt, Nan-ftgwel], Martha Tuttle, and Mi* Queen was * flt* fctiUatod et *»
Masters Thesis Reports Due
Final dates for Master's theses reports by candidates for advanced degrees in July and September were announced Saturday by Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt, dean of the Graduate School.
of-state students. I the West. Woodrow Wilson, his | nnn/M/rin
The price of admission will be 25 great speeches, his reform admin- BROOKolDi, cents per person. “As at all U.S.C. | istration, and the World war are
dances, anyone may cut in on any- the most important recent forces with more than 300 reservai.t.
Uni vers i t y' of '°C o lora do^ and 'gciiT- oUed" R-g^rar'"ciark "stated,Tut one e!se while dancing, and no one tending towardnationaUsm listed yesterday noon, the larg'
needs an escort to attend,” Cochard The Constitution, the Declaration crowd in history is expected to a. stated. ; of Independence, ihe character of tend the annual Summer Session
This will be the final dance of i Washington and Lincoln, the tra- j men’s picnic and barbecue at Brook-the first session of the Summer sea- dition of Webster. Clay, and An- j side park this afternoon, accordim son. t j drew Jackson, the men of the New j to Dr. Paul Fisher, program chair-
_ North and New South, and the na- j man. The picnic is open to all men
I j tional songs were other unifying j 0n the campus, whether student or
vieve Olson. Alpha Chi Omega from tnev will not be posted unless en-Colorado. Ivelopes are placed on file.
Calendar
auditorium. Conference on
Annual Men's picnic
Christian Science or-
Japanese Artists To Give Recital
Authentic Japanese music will be played by native musicians at a tea*to be given by Mu Phi Epsilon, music sorority, Wednesday, July 21, in the recital hall of the School of Music. Kozan Doi, Masuko Tomi-oka and Mrs. Nakajima will interpret classic and modem music for two Japanese instruments, the she-kuhachi and the koto.
Proceed* of the Japaneee oonoert and tea wfll be added to the Mn FW Spsfion scholarship tend.
Friday. July 16. 9:30 a. m.—Bovard Problems cf Elementary Education.
Friday, July 16, 2:30 p. m.—Brrokside park Preliminary drarts of theses sub- j and barbecue, mitred by July candidates must be Monday, July 19. 2:15 p. m.—YWCA Lodge, presented to the committees before ganization meeting.
Saturday, Dean Hunt announced. Tuesday, July 20. 10:30 a. m—Bovard auditorium. General assemb-The compete schedule for Masters' Address by Dr. Edgai Sheffield Brightman, Provincialism.
Tuesday, July 20 to Thursday, July 22—Conference on Modem Trend In Guidance and Mental Hygiene.
Tuesday, July 20, 12 noon—Cottage tea room
Von KleinSmids Leave on Tour
factors which he enumerated.
I faculty.
Language Tests To Be Given Here
degree candidates this summer is as follows:
July 21: July candidates present theses to the dean, fully approved and ready for binding.
July 26: September candidates present preliminary drafts of theses to committees.
Stray Greeks luncheon.
Tuesday, July 20, 3:30 p. m.—Bovard auditorium. Lecture by Dr Edwin Mims: “The Disillusionment of the Post-War Period.”
Wednesday, July 21, 12 noon—Foyer of Town and Gown. Luncheon of School Administrators club. Lecture by Dr. Harl R. Douglass.
Wednesday, July 1, 4 p. m.—Architecture patio. Art lecture by Dr. D. T. Tselos.
j j . Wednesdav, July 21, 7 p. m.—Physical Education building. Summer
August 11: September candidates Session dance
pic^ p.*. .vrr: ry -hoses approv- ; Thursday, July 22, 12 noon—Foyer of Town and Gown. Phi Delta als (signed by each member of the Kappa luncheon. . .
committee) to the dean. Thursday, July 2—Cine-Art performance for the annual convention
August 21: September candidates ot the Cinema Appreciation league.
Thursday, July 22, 3:30 p. m.—206 Administration. Lecture—Social Science Series. Speaker to be announced.
Priday, July 23—Round table conference, Coorention of the Cinema Appreciation league.
July Si, 9 Pk m-—Hollywood Rfartara Beech otub. Annual
Alpha Theta.
President R. B. von KleinSmid and Mrs. von KleinSmid wil: sail next Wednesday, July 21. for Australia and ports of the South seas.! Language tests in French and on a cruise which will take them German for Summer Session Ph.D. away from the campus for more candidates will be given here start than six weeks. ing Monday. July 26, it was an
present theses in final form to committees.
September 1: September candidates present theses to the dean, tnTtf
Starting at 2:3& p.m., the picnic and barbecue will be climaxed by a s.eak bake at 6 p.m.. Dr. Fisher said. Officials of the Administration club, which sponsors the annual outing, have arranged a schedule which includes group and individual sports, music by a men’s quartet, community singing, and after-dinner speech-
Wnile on their cruise to the An- nounced last night by Graduate j es which w ill be distinguished by tipodes aboard the S.S. Mon erery. S:*hool officials. French tests will their brevity, according to chairman Dr. and Mrs. von K1 Smid "'/ill be given July 26 and 28, from 2 to' Fisber.
be guests of the Universities of Ha- 5 p. m., in the French department Baseball and volleyball will open waii. New Zealand. Melbourne, and office. German written examirja- the sports schedule. While the team Sydney. During their visit to Pago tions will be given only Monday, sports are in progress, those who Pago, Samoa, they will be guests July 26, at 3:15 p. m., in the de- wish may play tennis or golf, or of the naval authorities there, and partment office, and oral tests will swim in the Brookside park pool, later will make a tour of the Fiji be given both Tuesday and Wednes- During the dinner, music will be islands, with a brief stay at Suva, day, July 27 and 23, from 2 to 5 provided by a quartet which incapital of the group. p. m. All German tests will occupy eludes Rey Ratfield, Bill Worthing-Although the exact date of his two days, according to the an- ton. Art Reimer and Beecher Faw-
retum has not been announcd, nouncement. Applications must be
President von KleinSmid will return to Los Angeles in time to open the fall semester here in September.
filed one week in advance of date of the examinations, in Administration.
cett. Speakers who will attempt to gain attention during the dinner will not be named until tonight. Dr, Fisher stated.